Directed by Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird has been making headlines left and right leading up to its release. Most recently, the film scored 165 positive reviews on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, surpassing Toy Story 3‘s 163 reviews, making it the best 100%-rated film on the website, and therefore the best reviewed movie ever made Lady… Read More Lady Bird just became the best reviewed movie ever made
When Moonlight historically won the Best picture statuette at last year’s Academy Awards, it was celebrated for a number of reasons, one of which was being the first independent film to claim the coveted title. Moonlight’s win was predicted a few months prior when it won Best Feature at the 2016 Gotham Awards, the awards… Read More ‘Call Me By Your Name’, ‘Get Out’ win top honours at 2017 Gotham Awards
Home from a long day at work, I decided to check Netflix (a party to which this critic is quite late), and I came across Lady Gaga’s newly-released documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two. Hearing good things and being the casual fan of the Grammy and Golden Globe-winning singer and actress, I decided to give it… Read More Lebanese-American filmmaker directs Lady Gaga documentary, ‘Five Foot Two’
Awards season has already kicked off with the announcement of the nominees for the Gotham Awards – the annual ceremony celebrating a given year’s best independent efforts. And as this marks the beginning of awards’ season, let’s look back to nine of our favourite Oscar speeches. From laughs to tears to historic wins, these are… Read More Oscars 2018: a look back at nine of our favourite Oscar speeches
On this day last year, I was sitting at home eagerly awaiting the start of the second batch of screenings courtesy of Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival. The Festival’s opening night had left me in awe of its quirky first selection, Swiss Army Man, and excited for the round-up of films and workshops to come. By… Read More Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival: Q&A with executive director Myriam Sassine
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